Jersey City mayoral election, 2004

Jersey City mayoral special election, 2004

← 2001 November 2, 2004 2005 →
Candidate Jerramiah Healy Louis Manzo L. Harvey Smith Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Popular vote 17,401 15,159 13,672 Percentage 27.78% 24.20% 21.83%   Candidate Willie L. Flood Steve Lipski Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Popular vote 9,286 3,946 Percentage 14.82% 6.30%
Mayor before election L. Harvey Smith Democratic Elected Mayor Jerramiah Healy Democratic

L. Harvey Smith
Democratic

Jerramiah Healy
Democratic

The Jersey City 2004 mayoral special election took place on November 2, 2004. Democrat Jerramiah Healy won the election with 28% of the vote over his nearest rivals (Assemblyman Lou Manzo, 24%, and Acting Mayor L. Harvey Smith, 22%). The previous Mayor Glenn Cunningham, the first African-American Mayor died of a heart attack five months prior and L. Harvey Smith became Acting Mayor. There was also an election in 2005, which Healy also won.

The election was marked by attempts to claim the legacy of deceased Mayor Cunningham, innuendo, and a picture of the eventual winner drunk and naked on his front porch.

The candidates were as follows:

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